There are two books by Richard Feynman, nobel laureate physicist, Manhatten Project scientist and curious character. "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think" The second half of one of these (I believe it is "What Do You Care...") contains a detailed explanation of the operation of the Rogers Commission (which invested Challenger) from Feynman's point of view. He talks quite a bit to the men in the trenches and develops a thesis regarding the we-gotta-launch philosophy at NASA. I can highly recommend both books. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Singer" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 1:10 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Space travel disasters > Jinx wrote: > . > . > > " The Commission has concluded that neither Thiokol nor NASA > > responded adequately to internal warnings about the faulty seal > > design. Furthermore, Thiokol and NASA did not make a timely > > attempt to develop and verify a new seal after the initial design > > was shown to be deficient. Neither organization developed a > > solution to the unexpected occurrences of O-ring erosion and > > blow-by even though this problem was experienced frequently > > during the Shuttle flight history. Instead, Thiokol and NASA > > management came to accept erosion and blow-by as unavoidable > > and an acceptable flight risk." > . > . > I wonder, if there were any awkward engineer who asked > stupid questions sorta: why we should take all this > "unavoidable and an acceptable flight risk" let's improve > it. Or they had a crew similar to "Kursk" submarine: > all dutiful well-trained nice guys without any personal > thought in their bright KGB-approved heads? > > Mike. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads